Term #3 Reflection

Term #3 Reflection!

This term was a good term, On Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays each morning we did Jamp Jam.
But not the Year 7&8's because of tech on Thursday.
This really woke everyone up in the morning so we had more energy starting the day. We started off
with two dances but now after this term, we know heaps of different dances. 

At break times we also started a new thing called lunchtimes clubs, Each committee would have to run
a lunchtime club like for example, we ran games like Skeleton tag, Capture the flag and way more games
over the term. When we started a lot of people showed up but then as the term moved on no one
showed up. So we ended up making it 2 days a week instead of doing a game every lunchtime. 

At the end of the last term, I set three goals. One of them was to get better at times table. I think I passed
that goal by a mile. My goal was to be able to answer all times tables in under five seconds which I can
do easily now. Next term I’d like to do the same thing but with division or order of operations. Another one
of my goals was punctuation I think I got better at using punctuation but could still get way better at it,
And my last goal was to read a book over 100 pages and be able to answer questions about it. Well, I
did read a book over 100 pages but didn’t really remember much of it so I’d like to try to do that again.

Last term we went to Shantytown and learnt a lot of the history behind Greymouth, and at the start of this
term we had to do a project on something we learnt when we went so I did it on greenstone, I learnt so
much about greenstone. I learnt where the best place to find greenstone is and how to polish the
greenstone.

Overall this was a great term we had so much stuff on and I’m excited about next term.

Speech (MAIN) Having a Parent as a Coach

Having a Parent as a Coach

See I told you it will work Jack, Says dad. Because I thought the move wouldn’t
work. Hi, my name is Jack and today I will be giving you an amazing speech
about the ups and downs of having a parent as a coach.

When your parent first agrees to coach, your probably really excited. Because
of More minutes, he might not be as mean and as strict as other coaches. Well,
Your WRONG! When my dad was the coach that wasn’t the story. I got the
same exact minutes as everyone else. And not being mean and as strict if
you’re a parent is the coach is WRONG aswell. One time we were playing a fun
game at training and next thing I turn around to get the ball BANG dads there
to bowl me over. Bet u he wouldn’t do that to the others. I just got up and
started playing defence even harder and made sure I didn’t let him do that
again.

To be honest, having a parent as a coach isn’t all the bad. It’s cool knowing
whats happening at training before training has already started because of
your parent asking you for your opinion on a set move we have. Another thing
I personally liked having a parent as a coach was normally when you don’t
know the coach you're a bit shy and if you are unsure of something you're too
shy to get help but if your parent coaches you know them really well and won't
be shy to ask anything.

The awkwardness after losing a game and not knowing what to say to each
other about the game is so weird. After a win, the vibe is way different to a
losing vibe at home and at trainings. Which sucked after a loss. One time after
a game we had lost a game after losing 4 in a row me and my dad didn’t talk
for ages because of how mad we were.

But you think all that's bad, that's just the start. The most embarrassing thing
is my dad going nuts on the sideline arguing with the refs. Sometimes I think
he's going to get kicked out of the arena and we’ll have to coach ourselves.
One time one of my friends from the other team was shooting a free throw and
dads screaming out Miss miss MISS!! To try and distract him, Well that didn’t
work because he made the shot and laughed at dad. 

In conclusion, these are some of the ups and downs of having your parent as
a coach, but I totally recommend you asking your parent to coach your next
team your in because its a great bonding experience and you get some
funny stories out of it. Thank you for listening to my speech